Amazon is still listing October 9 as the official release date for Volume 5 of Pogo – The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips by Walt Kelly but I'm hearing from folks who pre-ordered and received their copies today. So I guess it's out. You can order your copy right here and you'll probably receive it quickly. That is, unless Amazon runs out of their initial shipment and needs to wait for more.
It contains two prime years of what I think is the best newspaper strip ever…and even folks who disagree with me on that don't usually disagree by much. The volume also has historical info on Kelly and the strips in this volume plus a foreword by Pogo devotee Jake Tapper.
As most of you know, we had trouble getting these books out on their announced release dates. For the early volumes, it was difficult to locate good source material to scan and much of what we could locate had to undergo major surgery and restoration. Then one of the book's two editors died of cancer. Then the other of the book's two editors died of cancer. All of that is behind us now and I'll soon announce when Volume 6 will be published. I couldn't be happier that they will come out on schedule from now on.